Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-09-06
aoumAN,A.s QUEEN.
nav n Fall Downstairs Brought o1is
No" ured Princess to Throne.

~ the most remarkhpie oho'
ooem Of the Queen Of Roumania. IN
hundred short verses Carmen sylvia
Mad described the chief incidents Of the
ali soldiers lifetime. She had more
over copied it out herself in her own
hand ON white parchment beautifully
orpamented with corn-flowers.
The career Of this lady, who is as
rerfect a scholar as she is true Queen
and tender woman. is deeply inter-
esting as sketched by an authority. by
birth. Elizabeth of Roumonia is Prin-
cess Of the house of WED, and her
father a man of high ability and care
ful culture, gave her an education at
once deeper and freer than that which
is usually the portion OF the children
of royalty. The death OF a young
brother clouded her childhood, and to
dissipate the gloom she was sent TO mel
amt the Grand Duchess Helene, OF
Russia. From the quiet studies OF the
castle of Neuweid she was thus suddenly
TRANSPORTED to one of the first salons
Of the brilliant Court of Russia. The
summons home came with her fathers
illness, and the ..Wild Rose of Weld, :
restored to her native heath, watched
in his sick room and long mourned his
death.
When there was no Kingdom OF
Roumania in existence, she had laugh.
ingly said Il do not want to marry
unless can be Queen of Roumania, =
and, as so often happens. the careless
thoughts of youth found their accom-
plishment. Running down the palace
stairs at Berlin one day, her foot
slipped and she would probably have
been killed but for Prince Charles. OF
Hohenzollern, who saw her danger and
| caught her in his outstretched arms.
| When Roumania chose him for ruler
he claimed the Princess as his bride.
| During the Russo Turkish war she
wore the uniform of the Red Cross,
and as nurse helped to soften and as
suage the sufferings which war inevita-
bly, brings in its train. At the close OF
the struggle Plevna had given a royal
throne to the Prince and Princess, and
their crowns were made out OF cannon
captured from the enemy. The love
and admiration of her subjects she has
always had, and their sympathy also
when the loss of an only daughter
brought desolation to her new home.
She has sought consolation in duty, in
earnest endeavor for tho good Of Rou-
mania, and in those studies which in
heritance and education alike have
made dear to her.
A small book, printed for private cir
culation only and bearing on the title
page the name Of Carmen Sylvia. the
nom de plume of Queen Elizabeth OF
Romania, contains the following aphor-
isms:
"White hairs are like the sea foam
which caps the waves after storm.
"The vulnerable point of ones char
actor is much more speedily discov-
cred by our interiors than by our
equals.
"An animal when 1t is sick Graves
for solitude, whereas the human being.
on the contrary, is only happy when he
can make his suffsrings public.
"Those who assert that sorrow
sung in verse is no longer sorrow
are either without the gift of poetry,
or else they do not know what it is to
suffer 1t would be just as we'll to as
sert that bodily torture would cause
no pain as long as one were able tc
cry out
"Grief is our most faithful and con.
, slant friend. He always returns to us,
although he sometimes changes his
garments and sometimes even his feat
ures We, however. are always able
to recognize him by his close and
( warm embrace.
"The true 'grande dame display,
the same manners in her toilet-room as
in her salons, and the same courtesy
toward her servants as toward hel
i guests.
: 1.-The world does not forgive us eli
t ther our talents nor our successes. mol
| our marriage, nor our friendships, MOI
$ our future. The only thing which ii
5 looked upon with indulgence is death
II Every single action of our life car
ries In its train either reward or ,
} punishment however little disposed
we are to admit that such is the case
: "When for short time one is de
2 prived OF pleasure, one no longer feel
the longing thereafter; and even if sh,
| does at length knock at our door, w,
open 1t with fear and trembling
dreading that 1t may be sorrow in
disguise.
I'VE are martyrs to our own faults
There is kind of close relation
: ship between all those who are suffer
e ing from some sorrow or other. If w
e are in mourning we feel somehow o
n other drawn to every black dress w
c meet.
"A great misfortune sut1ices t.
e clothe even the humblest of God
e creatures with grandeur
LAS long as we are young sufferin,
t and sorrow is like a hurricane which
. robs us of our health. As we groy
4 DID, however. it partakes more an,
i more OF the nature of zephyr, whicl
S merely adds one more furrow to on
0 wrlnkled face and one more whit
r curl to our hair. IN Y. Mail ami Er
: press.
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